# CVE-2019-14869: ghostscript-tools-fonts: The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents

CVE-2019-14869 is fixed in 11 products on 1 platform, first by ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12, released November 14, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14869
- Priority: High
- CVSS: 8.8 (Important)
- EPSS: 0.0309
- CISA KEV: not listed
- Exploited (vendor report): no
- Publicly disclosed: no
- Published: Nov 14, 2019

## Description

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.  Security Fix(es):  * ghostscript: -dSAFER escape in .charkeys (701841) (CVE-2019-14869)  For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

## Where it's fixed

| Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | ghostscript RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [RHSA-2019:3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 18, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12 | [ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-ghostscript-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12.md) | Nov 14, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript ol 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [ELSA-2019-3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 22, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-doc RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [RHSA-2019:3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 18, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-doc ol 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [ELSA-2019-3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 22, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [RHSA-2019:3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 18, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-dvipdf ol 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [ELSA-2019-3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 22, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-fonts RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [RHSA-2019:3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 18, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-fonts ol 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [ELSA-2019-3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 22, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-printing RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [RHSA-2019:3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 18, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-tools-printing ol 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [ELSA-2019-3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 22, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12 | [ghostscript-x 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-ghostscript-x-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12.md) | Nov 14, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x11 RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [RHSA-2019:3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 18, 2019 |
| Linux | ghostscript-x11 ol 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [ELSA-2019-3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 22, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [RHSA-2019:3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 18, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs ol 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [ELSA-2019-3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 22, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs-devel RHEL 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [RHSA-2019:3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/rhsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 18, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs-devel ol 8 | 0:9.25-5.el8_1.1 | [ELSA-2019-3890](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/elsa-2019-3890.md) | Nov 22, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs9 Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12 | [libgs9 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libgs9-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12.md) | Nov 14, 2019 |
| Linux | libgs9-common Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12 | [libgs9-common 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-libgs9-common-9.26-dfsg-0-0ubuntu0.18.04.12.md) | Nov 14, 2019 |

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